Essential Hip-Hop Records on Vinyl

There's a lot of hubbub in the rap cognoscenti around this new release from Daniel Dumile, man of a thousand (well, at least 5) names. He's hardly ...

Now on deluxe colored vinyl! For me, buying MF Doom records is one of the few activities that captures that feeling of refuge found in thrift store...

"This is IGOR. Pronounced EEE-GORE. Don't go into this expecting a rap album. Don't go into this expecting any album." Tyler, the Creator's 5th stu...

Nothing much more to say about this... it changed mi life! black vinyl pressing original release year: 1993 music label: Jive 2015 reviewed by th...

Operation Doomsday faithfully reissued on standard black double vinyl with the OG cover, just like it was back in 1999 on the original Fondle 'Em r...

Conspiracy theorists say technology and ideas develop in linear motion. TVs started with sound only (radio), then color, then stereo sound, then r...

NOW THAT OUTKAST IS DONE, WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THAT SPEAKS THE TRUTH. Leading the pack of said younger generation is young Ken...

When Donuts first rolled into the Lab, I gave it a cursory listen, and, wanting to get home to the new episode of Lost as quickly as possible, toss...

It's here! Thundercat's anticipated third album, pressed up as a deluxe quadruple 10" boxset on special edition red colored vinyl, courtesy of Brai...

Conspiracy theorists say technology and ideas develop in linear motion. TVs started with sound only (radio), then color, then stereo sound, then re...

"Mac Miller's cult favourite mixtape Faces is finally available on triple vinyl. The project, which originally debuted on Mother's Day 2014, is a v...

By special request, Stones Throw has pressed up copies of Dilla's beat sketch masterpiece Donuts with the "smile" cover, originally used for the CD...

The Divine Feminine is the 4th studio album from Mac Miller. Originally released in 2016, the record finds the late Pittsburgh artist crooning as m...

The smooth operator's BEST. There isn't much to say here other than BUY THIS ISH. While this is technically a 'Best Of' and there are plenty of hit...

"Bitches ain't shit but hos and tricks, lick on the nuts and suck the dick..." Ahhh, quality ish. My earliest memory of this record was when Dr. Dr...

2011 was huge for The Weeknd. He released three mixtapes —House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence—which in 2012 were remastered & co...

New Kung Fu Kenny!!! DAMN. is the name of the album, and damn, Kendrick Lamar has done it again. 4 albums in, K.Dot... Rather, KUNG FU KENNY (Kid C...

Debut album from one of Norcal's most notorious exports. The Money Store found Death Grips signed to Epic Records and getting much attention in the...

Tribe's masterful debut jazz thing album. Surprise favorites like "After Hours" and "Footprints" continually grow on you between the hits "Bonita A...

DEBUT ALBUM FROM RAPPER / ACTOR DONALD "I LOVE MIGOS" GLOVER. Preceded by 2010’s Culdesac mixtape and 2011’s EP, Camp is the first offical full-len...

The legacy of the purple tape lives on in this special deluxe purple vinyl version of Rae's infamous debut album! This is the crown jewel of the Cl...

It's those catchy choruses that get you first. Outkast got a way of pulling you into their albums with these addictive hooks. You can't deny the no...

Ready or not here I come! You know what this is, if you don't it's time to get familiar. The Fugees' sophomore album, The Score, made the group wor...

Operation Doomsday never sounded better! For the Silver Age Set, the classic Doom album gets a fresh remaster. The records themselves are housed in...

Louis Kevin Celestin AKA Kaytranada was introduced to FL Studio when he was 15. In 2012, the Montreal-based producer posted his remix of Janet Jack...

Norcal stand up! For some reason Death Grips makes sense, especially with No Love Deep Web. The trio of MC Ride and production team Zach Hill &...

What do you follow up Illmatic, one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, with? For Nas, the answer was It Was Written, the Queensborough MC'...

black double vinyl pressing gatefold sleeve music label: Universal 2009

Hard to believe we never picked this up back when it was released, but you gotta understand that we were on the tail end of our hip hop snob days b...

Official pressing of The Weeknd's sophomore mixtape! By this point in the Weeknd's burgeoning career we were started to get a better picture of the...

Critically derided on it's release in '98, Psyence Fiction has gained cult status for its chaotic collages and maverick collaboration, becoming an ...

Danny Brown borrows from Joy Division and a novel by J. G. Ballard for the title of his 4th album, Atrocity Exhibition, which features guests like ...

This official Bad Boy reissue of Ready To Die is obviously a much welcome release - finally making one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time a...

It’s hard to think of any other rapper with as many classic records under their belt at the age of 24 as The Notorious BIG. The epic and eerie trip...

Malibu comes by way of Venice and Compton, and it is the latter that really broke out the Oxnard triple-threat (he sings, raps, and produces) forme...

As far as we can tell, this official reissue has identical specs to the 2008 release: Kaws artwork, inserts, triple gatefold, double vinyl and bonu...

Can't believe we've never had this one up in the Lab before. K Lim said it best on his review of the Black Nostaljack 12" - "If any of you think th...

Pulling a page from Del's notebook, Madlib created Quasimoto in the studio laboratory. Part of the whole invasion schema, the Madlib production is ...

They’re both popping as solo artists, and after teasing fans with a fire collaborative EP, “Link Up & Suede,” the cali duo consisting of produc...

Lab exclusivo! Celebrating ten years of DJ Rashad's full-length masterpiece, newly reissued on Partisan Records with refreshed gold foil stamped co...

Deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of Nas' classic debut! Columbia has pulled out all the stops to commemorate this landmark in hip hop's history. Fro...

So damn good. The sophomore album from Devonte Hynes aka Blood Orange is here, and it's something of a revelation. With pop music becoming more and...

Reissue of NOW's most popular album from 1995, Smoker's Delight, from the good folks at Warp. I always thought the cover and title had a lot to do ...